Torah That Survived Nazis Finds Home In St. Louis

St. Louis dentist Ethan Schuman could hardly contain his excitement as he watched the elderly Polish man return from his attic carrying a large, heavy bag.

Standing in the doorway of the old house, Schuman opened the bag and then he saw the scroll, which was probably at least two centuries old.

Schuman was in the village of Ishbitz, Poland, two years ago. For more than 60 years, the sacred scroll had been hidden in the attic of a non-Jew, in a modest block and stucco house in Ishbitz.